Odorizing appliance



Sept. 7, 1937.

H. s. DEARLING ODQRIZING APPLIANCE Filed Aug. 18, 1934 INVENTOR BWIMWJKM ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 7, 1937 ODORIZING APPLIANCE Harry S.Dearling, New York, N. Y., assignor, by 11385118 assignments, to PerryFrucht, New York,

Application August 18, 1934, Serial No. 740,409

5 Claims.

My invention relates to improvements in odorizing devices and moreparticularly to that type of odorizing device which is useful forodorizing the atmosphere of a roomor the contents of a bath, and is acontinuation of my application, Serial Number 696,395, filed November 2,1933.

Other objects of my invention are to provide an odorizing device whichwill odorize the contents of a room or a bath of Water without anyadjustment in the device and without injury to its finish or operation;to provide a device in which a predetermined amount of the odorizingsubstance will be released upon exposure to the air or immersion inwater; to provide a device which can be immersed in Water until itsavailable volume is filled and then withdrawn, while at the same timepermit the slow evacuation of the odorized water; to provide a devicewhich can odorize the atmosphere of a room or the contents of a bathwithout regard to position of the device or method of dispensing itscontents; to provide a device substantially incapable of absorbing theliquid in which it is immersed; to provide a substantially sphericaldevice containing a series of upper and lower apertures for the releaseof air and water respectively; to provide an odorizing device which maybe replenished and supported through a single means.

Various other objects and advantages of my invention will be hereinafterclearly and fully set forth.

In order to disclose more fully the nature and the novel features of myinvention I shall describe the device illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing. It should be understood however that my invention is notlimited to the particular structure illustrated but is susceptible ofvarious modifications and is applicable tovarious other kinds ofdevices.

According to the preferred form of my invention I provide a perforatedspherical container with a dispensing means located therein, an entranceto said container and dispensing means for replenishing said dispensingmeans, a closure for sealing said entrance and means attachable to saidclosure for supporting the entire apparatus.

In the drawing- Fig. 1 is a sectional side view of my device withsupporting means attached to the closure;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view taken through the plane 2-2 of Fig. 1and in the direction indicated by the arrow; and

Fig. 3 is a side view of the apparatus illustrating its externalappearance.

The device comprises a hollow substantially spherical container composedof a suitable material, preferably of metal, which will not interferewith the odorizing substance nor be afiected by water or other externalsubstances.

The spherical container may have an upper and lower hemisphere Ill andII with their respective series of perforations I2 and I3. The lowerhemisphere II may be embossed to provide a shoulder IIa for maintainingthe odorizing device in an upright position with a central aperture III)for permitting the complete elimination of any water Within thecontainer. Extending from the top of the hemisphere IE is a centrallylocated threaded neck I4, to which is screwably attached a cap I5. Asupporting means, such as a flexible metallic chain I6, is

attached to the cap I5 by means of eyelet I5a.

The metallic chain I6 is provided with a ring Ifia for convenience inhandling and supporting. d

Depending from the interior of the upper portion of the hemisphere II]and concentric with the neck I4 is a cylindrical chamber I'I. Concentricwith the cylindrical chamber I'I is a cuplike cylinder I8. Between thetwo is provided a wick I9, composed of a resilient fibrous substancesuch as felt. A portion Iflb of the wick I9 extends above the upperperimeter of the cuplike chamber I8. The cylindrical chamber I1 isformed integral with the upper hemisphere Iii, may be soldered thereto,or may be formed with an upper threaded portion such as I4 dependingthrough an aperture in the upper hemisphere Ill and soldered thereto.The upper and lower hemispheres II) and II are formed with concen- 1tric bosses 20 and 200; which are turned on each other to form a watertight joint.

At the bottom of the cylindrical chamber I? is an aperture 2| whichpermits contact between the contents of the chamber I1 and the wickI913.

The device is operated as follows: The cap I5 which normally seals thecontents of the chamber I1 is detached, a suitable odorizing substance,not shown, is inserted, therein, and the cap I5 replaced. Due tocapillary action, the liquid con tent rises in the wick I9 to the pointindicated at the reference numeral I9b, where it comes into contact withthe atmosphere or the liquid contents of the outer chamber. Theodorizing device usually supported by the chain ring Ifia may waterwithin the ball when the container is withdrawn. This insures that thewick I91) will come in contact with and exert its odorizing influence onthe water within the ball to a predetermined degree. By having the exitand entrance apertures for the water at the bottom of the ball adefinite stream is provided within the ball which washes up and downalong the wick I912. The ring [6a may be permanently attached to some 10fixture in the bath permitting the ball to be immersed in the water andwithdrawn, yet always insuring that the ball will be available when itsuse is desired. Yet, the dispensing means may be unscrewed from thesupporting means, its con- 15 tents replenished and rescrewed into thecap without difficulty. This is especially important where thesupporting means is permanently attached out of reach to an overheadshower while the ball itself lies within reach and available for 20replenishment.

The wick I9 is shown in one piece, but the bottom portion lfia may beseparately inserted and of thicker construction, which causes thecylinder I 8 to be supported lower and expose more wick at 1%.

It should be apparent that the odorizing device may be useful forodorizing the atmosphere of room or contents of bath without anyadjustment in the device; that the device will odorize without regard toposition and is thus incapable of spilling its contents; that the deviceis substantially incapable of absorbing the liquid in which it isimmersed and will therefore not drip.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an odorizing device the combination of a perforated hollowcontainer having an opening in the top when in normal use for thereception of Cil an odorizing fluid, a cup attached to the inside ofsaid opening, a felt covering surrounding said cup, a metallic coversurrounding said felt covering, and an orifice in the bottom of said cupcommunicating with said felt covering.

2. In an odcrizlng device the combination of a perforated hollowspherical container having an opening in the top when in normal use, acup attached to said opening, a permeable covering surrounding said cup,and a metallic cover surrounding said permeable covering, and an orificein said cup communicating with said permeable covering.

3. In an odorizing device the combination of a perforated hollowspherical external, metal container having an opening in the top when innormal use, a cup adapted to contain odorizing material attached to saidopening, and a felt covering surrounding the outside of said cup andmeans for slowly conveying the contents of said cup to said feltcovering.

4. In an odorizing device the combination of a perforated hollowspherical container having an opening in the top when in normal use, areceptacle attached to said opening inside of said container, a feltcovering for said receptacle, and a metallic covering for said feltcovering, and an orifice in the bottom of said container communicatingwith said felt covering.

5. In an odorizing device, a perforated hollow container having anopening in the top when in normal use, a receptacle attached to saidopening, an odorizing material contained in said receptacle, a feltcovering for said receptacle and com pletely surrounding same, ametallic cover for said felt covering, and an orifice in the bottom ofsaid receptacle by which the odorizing material may be conveyed to thefelt covering.

' HARRY S. DEARLING.

